India-Pak ties are strained over a series of cross-border terror attacks in India and over the death sentence to Jadhav
India has denied Pakistan’s allegations and maintained that Jadhav was kidnapped by Pakistani intelligence agencies
The report quoting a ruling PML-N leader said Sharif was tight-lipped on his meeting with Jindal
However, the only detail of the meeting he shared with his aides was that Jindal was making efforts to defuse tension between India and Pakistan
It said the military leadership also took its officers into confidence on the meeting. Gen Bajwa told his officers that the meeting was a part of a back-channel diplomacy
The Sharif-Jindal meeting had triggered intense speculation with several politicians and analysts suggesting it could be the precursor to a possible meeting between the two premiers in the near future
Pakistan prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs Adviser Aziz told reporters on Wednesday that if India shows interest, Pakistan will look into the possibility of a meeting between Sharif and Modi on the sidelines of the SCO summit on June 8-9 at Astana in Kazakhstan
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf had moved a resolution in the Punjab Assembly expressing concern over the “secret” meeting. It had also alleged that Jindal conveyed Modi’s “message” to Sharif on the death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav on spying charges
Jindal is said to be the man who had arranged a meeting between Modi and Sharif in Lahore on December 25 in 2015 on Sharif’s birthday and the day when Sharif’s granddaughter Mehr-un-Nisa was married.